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  • Teen tricks Walmart stores out of nearly $30,000

    02/09/2014 2:41:34 PM PST · by grundle · 26 replies
    KFOR TV Oklahoma City ^ | February 6, 2014 | Courtney Francisco
    NORMAN, Okla. – A 17-year-old is facing charges after he tricked three Walmart stores out of nearly $30,000. Police aren’t releasing his name because he is a juvenile, but Norman police finally caught up to him Jan. 30 in Norman and arrested him. The teen stole from the Walmart stores in Dec. after conning managers into believing he worked there. “You would think a store manager would catch on to something like that,” said shopper Vernon Boyce. After reading the police report, you realize no one noticed or suspected anything. The report says at a Moore Walmart he “…acted as...
  • Can Handguns Be Banned In Oklahoma?

    02/07/2014 1:56:43 PM PST · by aragorn · 18 replies
    Oklahoma Second Amendment Association ^ | 02/04/2014 | Tim Gillespie
    Can Handguns Be Banned In Oklahoma? Okay; before you accuse me of being crazy or of trying to over-sensationalize the subject, hear me out because the answer to this question, according to the state courts, is yes. Before I get into what the courts said, let’s start with the Oklahoma Constitution. One concern is the problematic wording of Article 2, Section 26 of the Oklahoma Constitution (our state version of the Second Amendment). It says, “The right of a citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person, or property, or in aid of the civil power,...
  • Oklahoma Second Amendment Day Monday Feb. 10th

    02/07/2014 12:21:11 PM PST · by aragorn · 4 replies
    Oklahoma Second Amendment Association ^ | 02/06/2014 | Tim Gillespie
    Second Amendment Day at the (Oklahoma) Capitol is fast approaching. We look forward to seeing you there on Monday, February 10. Registration begins at 10:00 am. At registration, flyers will be available for distributing to your Representative and Senator. The rally will begin at 12:10 PM. Lee Matthews, KTOK’s afternoon host, will MC the rally. Other speakers include Representative Sally Kern, Senator Kyle Loveless, Steve Russell, and Craig Roberts. Anyone able to stay after the rally will be formed into groups to visit some key legislators, such as committee chairpersons, to encourage them to schedule some key bills for votes.
  • IRS hearings: ‘This scandal is not over. The lying has not stopped.’

    02/07/2014 9:52:52 AM PST · by george76 · 39 replies
    Human Events ^ | 2/7/2014 | John Hayward
    Cleta Mitchell, attorney for an assortment of Tea Party groups that received very special attention from Barack Obama’s politicized Internal Revenue Service, lowered the boom on what she described as a “sham, non-existent” Justice Department investigation of the scandal during House Ways and Means Committee hearings on Thursday: “I want to make three primary points here today,” said Mitchell. ”First, the IRS scandal is real. It’s not pretend, it’s real. Number two, the IRS scandal is not just a bone-headed bunch of bureaucrats in some remote office contrary to what the President of the United States told the American People...
  • (Illegal alien )Man accused of assault, rape in front of children

    02/06/2014 10:58:53 AM PST · by moonshinner_09 · 20 replies
    Tulsa World ^ | Feb 5, 2014. | KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer
    A Tulsa man who is accused of assaulting and raping a woman in front of children was arrested Monday night. Rigoberto Piedra, 33, was taken into custody in the 1100 block of South Utica Avenue. Officers were called to Hillcrest Medical Center on Monday after a woman was admitted with injuries she reportedly sustained during a domestic assault, police said. The woman told detectives that Piedra punched and kicked her and pulled her hair on Sunday and Monday at a residence in the 7800 block of East King Place, an arrest report says. She said Piedra tied her hands and...
  • Furr’s Buffet files for Chapter 11 protection

    02/05/2014 5:10:14 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 13 replies
    The Albuquerque Journal ^ | February 4, 2014
    Texas-based Furr’s Fresh Buffet restaurant chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company announced Tuesday. The chain employs more than 2,000 people but plans to continue operating its 29 restaurants in New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas during the Chapter 11 process. Buffet Partners LP said a December ice and sleet storm in North Texas, leaving tens of thousands of people without power and stranding drivers, severely hurt its already tenuous liquidity. Barry M. Barron Sr., who was named chief executive of Buffet Partners last June, said in a statement that because of “the challenges facing our...
  • Old Mexico Lives On (In The USA)

    02/01/2014 1:34:36 PM PST · by blam · 58 replies
    The Economist ^ | 2-1-2014
    Old Mexico Lives On Feb 1st 2014 On February 2nd 1848, following a short and one-sided war, Mexico agreed to cede more than half its territory to the United States. An area covering most of present-day Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, plus parts of several other states, was handed over to gringolandia. The rebellious state of Tejas, which had declared its independence from Mexico in 1836, was recognised as American soil too. But a century and a half later, communities have proved more durable than borders. (snip)
  • Much Better than Obamacare: The Burr-Coburn-Hatch Plan

    01/30/2014 1:37:09 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 10 replies
    National Review ^ | 01/30/2014 | James Capretta
    The introduction of an Obamacare replacement plan by Republican senators Richard Burr (N.C.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), and Orrin Hatch (Utah) has given Obamacare’s apologists — who admittedly have had very tough duty over the past four years — a rare opportunity to get out of their defensive crouches and go on the attack. Not surprisingly, fast out of the gate has been Ezekiel Emanuel, who has a piece up at the New York Times website claiming that the fatal flaw of the Republican senators’ plan is that it would raise taxes on millions of American households. There are a couple...
  • Rising GOP star announces Senate bid

    01/30/2014 9:45:55 AM PST · by mandaladon · 67 replies
    CNN ^ | 30 Jan 2014
    <p>Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon officially announced his bid Wednesday for the U.S. Senate seat in his state that's opening up due to Sen. Tom Coburn's early retirement.</p> <p>Shannon, an African-American who's starting to build a national profile and is considered a rising star in the GOP, made his announcement with statements on Twitter and his website before holding multiple campaign kickoff events.</p>
  • Sen. Coburn's Loss of Coverage Confirms 'Obamacare Designed to Fail'

    01/29/2014 11:59:15 AM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 12 replies
    Newsmax.com ^ | January 28, 2014 | Cathy Burke
    Obamacare won't cover the cancer specialist treating ailing Sen. Tom Coburn, forcing the Oklahoma Republican to pay out of pocket to continue receiving care from his oncologist, Politico reported Tuesday. "I’m doing well from a health standpoint, got great docs," Coburn told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday. "Fortunately, even though my new coverage won’t cover my specialist, I’m going to have great care, and I have a great prognosis." While he is being treated for a recurrence of prostate cancer, Coburn's coverage under his Obamacare insurance plan has been reduced, Politico reported, and he lost coverage for the oncologist who'd...
  • Teacher names son after student killed in tornado

    01/29/2014 5:05:24 AM PST · by gooblah · 9 replies
    Breitbart/ap ^ | 1/29/2014 12:33:02
    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The school's wall collapsed onto Jennifer Doan Rogers as she desperately tried to protect her third-grade students as a tornado ripped through their Oklahoma community. The young teacher had laid one of her hands on Nicolas McCabe, a 9-year-old with an infectious grin.
  • Obamacare: Tom Coburn loses cancer doctor

    01/28/2014 10:55:00 AM PST · by afraidfortherepublic · 30 replies
    Politico ^ | 1-28-14 | Tal Kopan
    Cancer-stricken Sen. Tom Coburn revealed Tuesday that his health insurance under Obamacare doesn’t cover his oncologist, but said he still is receiving excellent care. “I’m doing well from a health standpoint, got great docs,” Coburn said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday when asked about his health. “Fortunately — even though my new coverage won’t cover my specialist — I’m going to have great care and I have a great prognosis.” The Oklahoma Republican’s spokesman confirmed to POLITICO that since the senator enrolled in his health insurance plan under Obamacare, his coverage has been reduced and he lost coverage for...
  • Proactive v Reactive: A Comparison of MS and OK Open Carry Planning

    01/27/2014 2:52:34 PM PST · by marktwain · 4 replies
    mississippigunnews.com ^ | 23 January, 2014 | RICK WARD
    The State of Oklahoma passed its Open Carry Law in early 2012, one year prior to the Mississippi law. By all appearances it would seem that Oklahoma did an outstanding job in looking ahead with a proactive plan to limit challenges for the future. Sadly, Mississippi’s approach has been more reactive than proactive. Shortly after the Oklahoma legislative session ended, law enforcement authorities began to develop plans to deal with their new open carry law. Stories began to surface as early as a month or so following the end of the session and up to the effective date of the...
  • Lawmakers Consider Preventing ALL Marriage In Oklahoma

    01/24/2014 4:44:08 PM PST · by Extremely Extreme Extremist · 62 replies
    NEWS ON 6 ^ | 24 JANUARY 2014 | Michael Konopasek
    OKLAHOMA CITY - State lawmakers are considering throwing out marriage in Oklahoma. The idea stems from a bill filed by Rep. Mike Turner (R-Edmond). Turner says it's an attempt to keep same-sex marriage illegal in Oklahoma while satisfying the U.S. Constitution. Critics are calling it a political stunt while supporters say it's what Oklahomans want. "[My constituents are] willing to have that discussion about whether marriage needs to be regulated by the state at all," Turner said. Other conservative lawmakers feel the same way, according to Turner. "Would it be realistic for the State of Oklahoma to say, ‘We're not...
  • Shooting reported at University of Oklahoma

    01/22/2014 9:58:39 AM PST · by Raebie · 18 replies
    CNN ^ | 1/22/2014 | Josh Levs
    (CNN) -- The University of Oklahoma in Norman reported a shooting on campus Wednesday. "Avoid Gould Hall. Seek immediate shelter in place," the school said on Twitter and on its website. Gould Hall houses the university's college of architecture.
  • The Successor To Tom Coburn

    01/22/2014 3:46:05 AM PST · by LD Jackson · 17 replies
    Political Realities ^ | 01/22/14 | LD Jackson
    We knew Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn would be retiring after his 2nd term in the United States Senate, but we really didn't expect him to cut that term short. That is exactly what he has done, announcing his early retirement at the end of 2014. Several reasons played into that decision, including his health and his desire to spend more time with his family. I suspect he has also tired of playing the games that are required in the Senate. Regardless of his reasons, it is now time to find a successor to Tom Coburn. While that may sound easy...
  • Oklahoma House Speaker moving toward Senate bid (T.W. Shannon)

    01/21/2014 6:12:46 PM PST · by AuH2ORepublican · 90 replies
    The Hill ^ | January 21, 2014 | Alexandra Jaffe
    Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon is forming an exploratory committee to look more closely at a potential run in the special election for retiring Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-Okla.) seat, multiple sources tell The Hill. Shannon’s office declined to comment, but sources say he's now expected to run. One source tells The Hill Shannon has received dozens of calls from supporters “very enthusiastically encouraging him to run” since Coburn’s announcement last week that he’ll retire at the end of the year. Shannon would run as a conservative alternative to Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.), who entered the race Monday to considerable pushback...
  • Former US Rep. Dan Boren Considers Run For Tom Coburn's Senate Seat

    01/21/2014 11:23:11 AM PST · by OKSooner · 40 replies
    Channel 6 Tulsa / Channel 9 Oklahoma City ^ | 1-21-2014 | Channel 9 Oklahoma City
    OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Democratic Party chairman Wallace Collins says former U.S. Rep. Dan Boren is considering running for Tom Coburn's U.S. Senate seat. Boren served four terms as a U.S. Congressman then went on to work for the Chickasaw Nation as president of their corporate development department. Boren was the state's only Democratic member of Congress, serving the 2nd District.
  • Conservative groups attack Lankford, back Bridenstine to replace Coburn

    01/20/2014 2:27:19 PM PST · by cotton1706 · 14 replies
    dailycaller.com ^ | 1/20/14 | Alexis Levinson
    The field to replace retiring Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn is only beginning to take shape, but some conservative groups are already backing Rep. Jim Bridenstine, who has yet to announce his intentions, and have come out swinging against announced candidate Rep. James Lankford. Coburn announced last week that he would cut his Senate term short. He is currently battling a recurrence of cancer. Lankford announced he would run for the seat on Monday; Bridenstine has not yet announced a decision. Senate Conservatives Fund endorsed Bridenstine for re-election to the House last year, calling him “the real deal,” and saying that...
  • Oklahoma? Jim Bridenstine. Okay?

    01/19/2014 3:56:46 PM PST · by cotton1706 · 5 replies
    redstate.com ^ | 1/19/14 | Erick Erickson
    To answer the question that keeps invading my vacation in the form of tweets, Facebook messages, texts, and emails — Congressman Jim Bridenstine. Jim is the guy I would support in an instant to replace Senator Coburn in Okalahoma. I don’t know whether he is running or not, but conservatives would be insane to not draft him into the race. In fact, I think conservatives should draft him, rally around him, and let the establishment be the side divided behind multiple candidates. When Coburn ran for the Senate in 2004, the establishment rallied behind his opponent in the primary. Coburn...